Comments on: How to Repair a Car Battery

By: Danny

Danny — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 15:43:29 +0000

My son had a huge hole in the top of his battery, he “not knowing” wired a sub box in his truck and did not put a fuse in the line. Of course the wire “when it got grounded” melted off of the battery itself and was so hot that it actually burned a huge hole “about 1/2″ by 2.5″ long on the top of his NEW battery!

What worked for me %100 is;

First, I took the battery off of the vehicle, “did not have to drain the battery, this fix was done with acid still in the battery”

I then broke off the battery handle and cut off a piece about the size of the hole, I melted the battery handle slowly using a heat gun “soldering gun” to get it to stick in place, then I moved up to a torch and a big screw driver. Constantly heating the screw driver tip with the torch I slowly molded the plastic handle to the top of the battery “do not put the torch close to the battery” eventually closing the hole, and this makes a VERY GOOD finish job.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Do not overheat “such as actually pointing the torch on the battery” as the handle patch / piece with slowly turn into a goo / liquid and will melt down in the battery and you will have to start all over again! “you learn by your mistakes!”.

THIS FIX WORKS, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO READ ANY FURTHER FOR ANY KIND OF MONKEY FIX.
I PROMISE YOU WILL NOT REGRET TRYING THIS FIX.

PS: Do not rush this fix, take your time to do it well.

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By: tie dye jimmy

tie dye jimmy — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 14:27:49 +0000

I used this information to fix a hole in my battery case. I also revived the battery at the same time . I drained the acid flushed the battery with rain water. then welded the case using a propane torch, which took several tries. After filling in the hole I used a solution of 1 cup rain water to 1 cup epsom salt (also known as magnesium sulfate) filled the battery and trickle charged. works fine.

By: Jon

Jon — Thu, 19 May 2011 05:31:36 +0000

is this guy a mental case? lucky the battery didn’t
blow up in his face . .. couldn’t 10 wraps around with duct tape have done the trick? oh ya, I know
someone who lost an eye sticking a lighter in a battery hole . .when the battery blew up

By: Richard

Richard — Sun, 09 May 2010 14:33:56 +0000

My 12V lawnmower seems to have just one low cell. I have had it on a charger (low setting) for about 2 days and the cell will now charge up. All the others are OK. Is there any good method of bringing the bad cell back to life? Thanks, Rich

By: Robin

Robin — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 15:38:07 +0000

Brian, we’d have to agree – it was dangerous and we were lucky. Your suggestion is a good one.

By: brian

brian — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 09:05:01 +0000

You are lucky you did not get injured using your over complicated and dangerouse method.
All you needed was one of the epoxy putties that you can buy at hardeware store and some duct tape. When going on an expidition, arange of glues and epoxies is essential.